Main point:
By the end of the third day of the Leeds Test, Team India has scored 90 for 2 wickets in the second innings. India’s total lead is now 96 runs and it has 8 wickets left.
Delhi: By the end of the third day of the Leeds Test against England, Team India has scored 90 for 2 wickets in the second innings. India’s total lead is now 96 runs and it has 8 wickets left. KL Rahul was unbeaten on 47 runs at the time of stumps, while captain Shubman Gill was playing for 6 runs.
India did not start well in the second innings. On the basis of the first innings, the Indian team, who came out to bat with a total lead of 6 runs, soon got the first blow. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century in the first innings, returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. After this, Sai Sudarshan and KL Rahul tried to handle the innings. Both batsmen shared an important 66 -run partnership for the second wicket, but Sudarshan was dismissed by 30 runs. He had earlier failed to open his account in innings.
Earlier, thanks to Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliant bowling, India won the first innings of England for 465 runs, while India scored 471 runs in their first innings. Bumrah took 5 wickets and took many big records while bowling wonderfully. Apart from him, the famous Krishna got 3 and Mohammad Siraj got 2 important successes.
For England, Oli Pope scored the highest 106 runs, while Harry Brook was unfortunate on a personal score of 99 runs. Apart from this, Ben Docket contributed 62 and Chris Woakes contributed 38 runs. During this, wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith also contributed a significant contribution of 40 runs.
On the third day, England started their first innings from 209/3. In the first session, England added 112 runs and lost 2 wickets. However, after this, India ended the English innings by taking wickets at consecutive intervals.
Now the match has reached an exciting turn. India will now have to put pressure on England by gaining a strong lead on the fourth day.